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March 15, 2013
The Pork Business Authority
Have You
`Summerized'
Your Hog Barns?
www.nationalhogfarmer.com
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The Pork Business Authority
Contents
Volume 58 , No. 3 March 15, 2013
FEATURES
6 `Summerizing' Hog Barns
Keeping pigs cool through the hot, humid spells of summer can improve
growth, reproductive performance and meat quality.
12 Reduce Summer Slump in Grow-Finish Barns 6
Eight ways to help maintain pigs' feed intake and growth rate during
the heat of summer.
18 Keep 'em Cool
Canadian research team installs fan banks at two packing plant sites to
address concerns about hog fatigue and death loss from heat stress.
22 Iowa Resolutions Address Hog Transport Issues
March 15, 2013 The Pork Business Authority
The Pork Business Authority Contents Volume 58 ,
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FROM MY PERSPECTIVE BY DALE MILLER, EDITOR
`Summerizing' Keeping pigs cool through the hot,
Hog Barns ings, since they provide air movement
of water to wet the pigs as quickly as possible a
TASTY FOR YOUR BOTTOM LINE, TOO. IMPRO analog-
(Gonadotropin Releasing Factor Analog-Diphtheria
Figure 4. Livestock Heat Hazard Guide with Temper
Reduce Summer Slump In Grow-Finish Barns Eight
One Product. Many Benefits.
Figure 1. Seasonality of Market Weights (Average
and feed intake of other pigs. Cooling the wat
It is especially important to check feeder adjust
Proud to support the industry that supports you.
Reducing the stress of heat and humidity was the
MAX THRU PUT -BECAUSE- Genesus Duroc
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360 SOW PERFORMANCE REPRODUCTION SOLUTION
MATRIX® (ALTRENOGEST) OPTIMIZING FERTILITY HELPS
time-consuming, labor-intensive ts in the biggest
P.G. 600® (serum gonadotropin and chorionic gonad
Figure 1. Shown are Positions of the Compartments
Iowa Resolutions Address Hog Transport Issues Tru
It's about you. It's about your business.
Tightening PRRS Controls Improved biosecurity
™ Genesus 4 TON SOW -BECAUSE- 30.58 hogs sold p
if filtration is cost-effective,” Schmitt observe
recipient farms had 64%, 41%, 65% and 0% fre
SWINE RESEARCH COMPILED BY JOE VANSICKLE, SENIOR
Table 1. Effects of Increasing Dietary Fiber from
TECH WATCH BY LORA BERG, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Finer Grinding Improves Efficiency Uni
In the first trial, the concen- tration of
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